The Id (album)

The Id
Studio album by
Macy Gray
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2001 (2001-09-17)
Studio
Genre
Length56:25
LabelEpic
Producer
Macy Gray chronology
On How Life Is
(1999) 		The Id
(2001) 		The Trouble with Being Myself
(2003)
Singles from The Id
  1. "Sweet Baby"
    Released: September 3, 2001
  2. "Sexual Revolution"
    Released: November 26, 2001
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Chicago Sun-Times[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Guardian[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
NME[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin8/10[11]

The Id is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray. It was released on September 17, 2001, by Epic Records. The album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor, On How Life Is, in the United States, where it debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 with 93,000 copies sold in its first week.[12] As of January 2004, it had sold 593,000 copies in the US.[13] Elsewhere, The Id topped the charts in the United Kingdom and Denmark, while reaching the top five in Australia, Italy, and Switzerland.

The Tom Morello mix of "My Nutmeg Phantasy" was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film Spider-Man, and "Relating to a Psychopath" was featured in the 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly.

  1. ^ "The Id by Macy Gray Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Id – Macy Gray". AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  3. ^ Himmelsbach, Erik (October–November 2001). "Macy Gray: The Id". Blender. No. 3. p. 104. ISSN 1534-0554. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  4. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (September 9, 2001). "Macy Gray, 'The Id' (Epic)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
  5. ^ Browne, David (September 14, 2001). "The Id". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Petridis, Alexis (September 14, 2001). "Macy Gray: The Id (Epic)". The Guardian. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  7. ^ Hilburn, Robert (September 16, 2001). "Macy Gray 'The Id' Epic". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  8. ^ Needham, Alex (September 11, 2001). "Macy Gray : The Id". NME. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  9. ^ "Macy Gray: The Id". Q. No. 182. October 2001. p. 127. ISSN 0955-4955.
  10. ^ Touré (September 4, 2001). "Macy Gray: The ID". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved February 2, 2007.
  11. ^ Weisbard, Eric (October 2001). "Dirty Mind: Macy Gray takes you higher". Spin. Vol. 17, no. 10. pp. 123–4. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved July 23, 2015 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Martens, Todd (September 27, 2001). "Jay-Z's 'Blueprint' Enters Second Week At No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  13. ^ Benson, John (January 26, 2004). "Macy Gray Perseveres Despite Shrinking Sales". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2015 – via Zee News.